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Island of Despair ()

Der heiße Tod (original title)
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A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.
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Leonie Caroll
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Governor Santos
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Thelma Diaz
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Natalie Mendoza
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Marie (as Maria Rohn)
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Zoie
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Helga (as Eliza Montes)
Valentina Godoy ...
Rosalie
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Doctor (uncredited)
Mike Brendel ...
Boatman (uncredited)
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Official (uncredited)
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Zoie's Boss (uncredited)
Ana Lucarella ...
Marta (uncredited)
Olívia Pineschi ...
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Juan Antonio Riquelme ...
Juan Diego (uncredited)
María Vico ...
Guard (uncredited)
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Official on Boat (uncredited)

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Jesús Franco ... (as Jess Franco)
Bruno Mattei ... (uncredited)

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Harry Alan Towers ... (screenplay) (as Peter Welbeck)
 
Jesús Franco ... (screenplay) (as Jess Franco)
 
Jesús Franco ... (story) (as Jess Franco)
 
Anya Corvin ... (German dialogue)
 
Milo G. Cuccia ... (screenplay)
 
Milo G. Cuccia ... (story)
 
Carlo Fadda ... (screenplay)
 
Carlo Fadda ... (story)
 
Manfred R. Köhler ... (dialogue)
 
Ornella Zanelli ... (Italian dialogue)
 
Javier Péres Grober ... (screenplay)

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Luis Laso ... producer (as Luis L. Moreno)
Harry Alan Towers ... producer

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Bruno Nicolai

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Manuel Merino ... (photographed by)

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Bruno Mattei
Gabrielle Reinecke
Stanley Frazen ... (uncredited)

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María Luisa Soriano ... editor: Spanish version

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Santiago Ontañón

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Manolita G. Fraile ... makeup artist (as Manuela G. Fraile)
Adolfo Ponte ... makeup artist

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Mario Damiani ... production manager: Italy
Franz Eichhorn ... production manager: Brazil
Robert S. Eisen ... post-production supervisor
Luis Laso ... general manager (as Luis Lazo)
Francisco Romero ... production manager

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Juan Estelrich ... assistant director

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Elio Pacella ... sound engineer
James Nelson ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)

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Riccardo Damiani ... assistant camera
Felipe Lopez ... camera operator
Antonio Modica ... camera operator

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Bruno Mattei ... director: hardcore sequences
Loredana Pagliaro ... production secretary
Félix Acaso ... voice dubbing (uncredited)
Salvador Arias ... voice dubbing: Herbert Lom (uncredited)
Lola Cervantes ... voice dubbing: Maria Schell (uncredited)
Matilde Conesa ... voice dubbing: Mercedes McCambridge (uncredited)
Delia Luna ... voice dubbing: Luciana Paluzzi (uncredited)
Josefina de Luna ... voice dubbing: Rosalba Neri (uncredited)
José Martínez Blanco ... voice dubbing: José María Blanco (uncredited)
María Luisa Rubio ... voice dubbing: Valentina Godoy (uncredited)
Mayte Santamarina ... voice dubbing: Maria Rohm (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

New inmate Marie arrives at an island prison in the women's sector and receives the number 99. The inmates are controlled by the sadistic lesbian warden Thelma Diaz and Governor Santos and submitted to torture, rape, sexual harassment and abuse. When the Justice minister replaces Diaz, Marie believes that her life will improve and her case will be reopened. Marie's disappointed with the new warden and plans to escape. But their scheme fails and the abuse they've undergone had been but a paltry hint of the torture in store. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines Women behind bars without men - What do they do to satisfy their innermost female desires! See more »
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Also Known As
  • 99 Women (United Kingdom)
  • 99 donne (Italy)
  • Der heisse Tod (West Germany)
  • Sex im Frauengefängnis (West Germany)
  • 99 mujeres (Spain)
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Trivia Italian censorship visa # 53649 delivered on 10-4-1969. See more »
Goofs This has to be the first and only women in prison movie without a shower scene. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Call Him Jess (2000). See more »
Soundtracks The Day I Was Born See more »
Quotes [first lines]
Marie: Where are they taking us?
Helga: To the island, over there.
Helga: [to redhead] What's eating you? Looking forward to your holidays? Three years the judge said, didn't he? I know the medicine you need, and they don't stock it over there. Home sweet home for all three of us. The Spaniards built it and christened it, Castillo de la Muerte.
Natalie Mendoza: "Castle of Death".
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